Eneloops don't seem to suffer unduly from leakage. So far. Almost all this stuff is made in China. In China, nothing is ever
thrown away. Including rejects from manufacturers supervised by "1st-World" corporations... Guess where rejects end up... ... On 4/28/20, Joshua O'Keefe <maj...@nachomountain.com> wrote: > I've started to go "off" the Costco Duracells as well, for similar > reasons. I recently had leakage suddenly appear multiple times in recent > history. I don't know if they have changed their manufacturing processes > or if it's just the grade of battery that Costco is sourcing from them, but > I've transitioned even more things on the cheap little NiMH cells from IKEA > -- I had them in the mix for years -- and the important stuff (M102!) is on > the Panasonic eneloops. > > I have never had a NiMH cell leak, although they do fail eventually. > > On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 12:41 PM Kevin Becker <ke...@kevinbecker.org> > wrote: > >> That’s interesting. I had a bad battery leakage issue recently. It was in >> an Apple Magic Trackpad and was so bad I could not get the battery cover >> unscrewed at all. I broke the glass trying and so I just threw the whole >> thing out. I don’t know for sure if it was Costco Duracells but we often >> buy those so most likely it was. >> >> > On Apr 28, 2020, at 3:36 PM, Jim Anderson <jim.ander...@kpu.ca> wrote: >> > >> > >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> multimeter and all but a few of them were near dead. After returning >> >> them to Costco, I obtained a fresh pack of AA duracell's and tested >> >> them >> >> before putting them into the machine. >> >> [...] >> >> As a 46 year old, this is the first time I've ever bought batteries >> >> from >> >> such a major manufacturer of batteries that were already dead. So >> >> bazaar, but now I know to test them. Sheesh. >> > >> > Just a remark about batteries (catching up on list messages that are >> kind of old, as I've been kind of burned out working on my computer from >> home all day): >> > >> > I've had really poor results with leakage from the big Duracell packs >> from Costco, particularly the AA cells, over a span of many years. I >> never >> used to have big problems with batteries leaking but I can't even tell >> you >> how many things I've found with substantial leakage and corrosion from >> these cells, even when they have not reached their 'use before' date. >> > >> > I don't have conclusive evidence of this, but it seems to me that the >> devices most prone to experiencing leaking batteries were those with >> strong >> spring tension - I have an analog wall clock which takes a single AA cell >> and keeps a vice-like grip on the battery, and it used to be leaking >> every >> year even though the battery was still working fine. The gaskets just >> don't seem to be able to take the pressure. Having said that, I have had >> other devices with weaker battery compartment springs experience leakage >> too, it just feels like it happens more frequently in things with strong >> springs. >> > >> > I'm not sure if the problem is with all modern Duracell AA cells in >> general, or just the ones Costco sells, but I've since given up and >> switched to Energizer which I try to buy in 20-packs at my local >> drugstore >> whenever I spot them on sale. Not quite as good a price per cell as the >> Costco packs but Energizer does at least have an explicit warranty >> against >> damage caused by leakage, and I've had good success with them thusfar. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > jim >> > >> >> >
